Chapter 770 - 764: Devouring Echelon
There’s no road ahead.
But Ma Ran wasn’t discouraged by this.
No road? Then cut through thorns, wade through the mud, and carve out a path for yourself!
"Interesting."
A smile flashed across Ma Ran’s eyes.
The so-called limits are merely the confines of inherent understanding!
The records of the Olympic Games on Earth seem like a joke now. Who knows how many times they’ve been broken.
The new data today, if brought to a few years ago, nobody would believe it, and any expert or scholar would undoubtedly label it as "impossible."
Yet, those numbers represent undeniably true measured records.
The times are changing, the world is developing!
To Ma Ran, the era where the Supreme Ruler reigned is merely a constraint by environment and cognition.
If a new world is created by fusing the Main Universe and the Endless Plane as materials, would its limit still be that of a Supreme Ruler?
Not necessarily!
Changes in environment, thought, civilization, heritage, will, and belief will inevitably bring about new transformations!
As long as you don’t give up and always remain hopeful, the future holds infinite possibilities!
With this thought, Ma Ran collected his thoughts and focused his gaze on Su Qiangwei, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"Moreover..."
"The rank of the Supreme of Fusion, Qing Dai, and the Supreme of Space, Pei Ming, have both been reinforced by the collective will of the Endless Plane, yet it’s easier to shake the former."
"Besides, Su Qiangwei is more compatible with the rank of Fusion!"
Ma Ran extended a hand and placed it on the girl’s shoulder.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle...
A golden shadow flame quickly emerged, enveloping Su Qiangwei.
"At this level of confrontation, even I am not qualified to participate."
With a calm expression and an ordinary tone, Ma Ran said, "A single mistake could lead to complete annihilation, erasing all traces of existence."
"So..."
"Let’s watch and see how things unfold."
Su Qiangwei blinked and obediently nodded.
For some reason, she always felt a hint of reluctance in Ma Ran’s words.
Indeed.
Since his debut, Ma Ran had faced countless crises, yet he always managed to resolve them with wisdom, force, or charm, never having encountered an opponent he couldn’t handle.
But the terrifying forces clashing now, though invisible and intangible, filled Su Qiangwei with dread.
Thinking it over, Su Qiangwei activated her Unity ability, transmitting her voice into Ma Ran’s mind: "Someday, you will be as strong as them."
Following the voice, Ma Ran saw the girl raising her eyebrows at him.
"And I will be stronger than you! So..."
"Don’t worry."
"Anyone who bullies you, Master Qiangwei will help you fight back!"
The corners of Ma Ran’s lips lifted into a knowing smile and he said, "Then, let’s do our best."
With the gloom and resentment lifted from his mind, he began to calmly observe the confrontation between the leaders of both camps.
An ordinary Supreme Ruler might only glimpse a general sense.
However, with the Fourfold Supreme Origin’s support, Ma Ran could relatively clearly sense the process.
The will of the Main Universe was locked in a fierce struggle with the unified will of the Endless Plane.
The focus of their struggle was on the rank of the Supreme of Fusion.
Had the will of the Endless Plane not provided deliberate protection, Qing Dai’s will might have been completely obliterated by now.
Even so, Qing Dai’s will flickered like a candle in the wind, seemingly ready to extinguish at any moment.
Speaking of which...
The unified will of the Endless Plane and the will of the Main Universe are not independent life forms but rather manifestations of collective consciousness.
To this point, Ma Ran had already had contact with both.
The unified will of the Endless Plane felt to him like a cold machine, rational, indifferent, devoid of any warmth, only concerned with naked interests and numerical calculations.
In contrast, the will of the Main Universe felt like a mad, schizophrenic patient, with chaotic thoughts, disdainful of thinking, acting only on whims and instincts.
In the confrontation, the former held a clear advantage, but the latter relied on a mad stubbornness that made the former wary, hesitant to fully engage to the death to avoid losses.
As their struggle neared a fever pitch, the will of the Main Universe seemed to remember something suddenly, pulling away from the battlefield.
Both wills vanished almost simultaneously, leaving no trace.
Boom!
A sudden plume of smoke appeared.
A platinum cube, with a length of 1.3 meters, suddenly appeared in front of Ma Ran and Su Qiangwei.
The will of the Main Universe, at least, remembered its mission to reward Ma Ran, conveying some intelligence through its hazy emotions, explaining the cause and effect.
"Ma Ran."
A divine light flashed in Su Qiangwei’s eyes as she pointed to the platinum cube: "This thing feels very familiar to me."
"It’s like something inside is calling to me."
Upon hearing this, a peculiar expression crossed Ma Ran’s face.
He pondered his words for a moment and then spoke softly, "I initially planned to request the will of the Main Universe, with my meritorious service of resisting invaders, to help you shake and refine the rank of the Supreme of Fusion."
"But it seems that’s not necessary anymore."
"Have you ever wondered why your superpower ability awakened as Myriad Transformations after contacting the Victory Stone, rather than something else?"
Su Qiangwei scratched her head with a shy smile.
She chose to be a quiet mute, waiting for Ma Ran’s answer.
"Replication is the surface; devouring is the essence."
Ma Ran’s voice seemed ethereal, as if from beyond the heavens: "It was not Myriad Transformations that chose you, but you who chose Myriad Transformations."
"Compared to Myriad Transformations, you actually have a better choice."
Pointing to the cube before them, he said, "For instance..."
"The Supreme of Devouring rank."
Without waiting for Su Qiangwei’s inquiry, Ma Ran straightforwardly explained, "In the long history of the Main Universe, there have been a total of 7,369,651 Harmonizers of the Supreme of Devouring rank."
"Of them, 130 met the standards to occupy the supreme rank."
"Only one of them is still alive."
Hearing this, Su Qiangwei understood she was the one-in-seven-million lucky survivor Ma Ran mentioned.
The platinum cube contained the rank of the Supreme of Devouring.
Still, there were things she couldn’t quite grasp.
"You just mentioned that historically over a hundred qualified Adaptable Ones met the standards, yet with all the intelligence shared by the Divine Court and my Quantum Reading ability, I’ve never heard of a Supreme of Devouring existing?"
Counting on her fingers, Su Qiangwei said, "Moreover, I can tell this rank is very ’pure,’ never having bound to an owner."
"Despite the opportunity to gain a top combat force for its side, the will of the Main Universe didn’t act."
"That seems..."
Quite foolish, doesn’t it?
Ma Ran’s eyebrow twitched slightly, agreeing with Su Qiangwei’s view: "The will of the Main Universe is somewhat...unaware."
"Just as it forgot the 129 qualified predecessors, it also overlooked you and the existence of the rank of the Supreme of Devouring."
"Had I not earned merits resisting invaders this time, requesting it to counterbalance the endless plane collective will..."
"Its amnesia might have persisted into the next reincarnation cycle."
"Your ’luck’ may never have come to fruition."